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Having PMDD is so nuanced and hard to get the proper treatment, support and I'm alongside so many who are navigating that now and wish it was easier! 🤨

Thank God for menopause 🎉 Suffered from pmdd in the 90s. I don't know how I got through law school while suffering from pmdd 🎉

My wife has PMDD. She self diagnosed realising it was cyclical, discovered that other women suffer with it, and takes Quetiapine on the really bad days. Day 10 before her period is when it kicks in and in the 2 to 3 days leading up to her period it can get extreme - hallucinations, psychosis, suicidal ideation, extreme paranoid and suspicion. When she's in the down phase she exercises far too much, won't eat, loes weight, becomes very masculine, dominant. For years i thought she had Borderline personality disorder - but it cycled and didn't fit. She was diagnosed bipolar but again it's cyclical. Antidepressants are horrible for her - they put her in an emotional straightjacket. I listened to a podcast by Andrew Huberman and decided to try her on Magnesium Threonate, L-Theanine, Apigenin. This has had a MASSIVE effect. It's not perfect, it really has a lot to do with how much isn't dealt with in her life in the pre ovulation period of her cycle. But the supplements have severely lessened her symptoms, and made it much easier for her to not listen to the negative thoughts. I'm a member of a 12 step fellowship - I'm no Saint and put her through a lot of hell. She's working the Steps now with a sponsor and this is dealing with the comorbid aspects. I'm going to try 5-HTP with her and see if this could be another adjunct to her treatment. I thank the Universe that PMDD is again being recognised after being driven out of western medicine for 100 years, and that we have brave people standing up against stigma and bullying, willing to admit that PMDD is REAL and debilitating to those women who suffer as my wife has. I'm so thankful that I have been shown ways to help her. I have the woman i love with all my heart back. Yes it's hard. But i know what's going on now, i know it's not my fault, i know how it works in her, and I've fallen more in love with her because of it. Thank you for this video - i got a lot of good information from it. Please don't stop what you are doing.

It is so hard. I dont have my anger under control. Also i know what to do but in the moment i spiral. Cant stick with all the helpfull things. It is just a disaster

I don't know if there are studies to support this, but my personal anecdote: I have found that taking calcium, magnesium, and the b vitamins help immensely with the irritability, rage, sensitivity, and panic/anxiety. I didn't notice a change with the calcium/magnesium until I had taken it consistently for a month, but the b vitamins work within 24 hours of taking them. This, again, is just my personal experience after my physician recommended taking Optivite PMT. I am careful not to take over the recommended amounts, but I have found it cheaper to buy just those vitamins than the Optivite PMT, plus the Optivite PMT seemed to make me too keyed up.

Thank you!! I had PMDD for 30 years and had a full hysterectomy. now I have CPTSD because of all the trauma. It is so validating to hear this conversation and look forward to reading The Cycle❤

Thanks!

Amazing work ❤ x

Thank you for y'all's commitment to such important research. Women's health has gone so long under the radar and is riddled with misdiagnoses... And honestly a lot of women, including myself, just feeling beside themselves and plain crazy. Thank you thank you.

Thank you for this wonderful conversation that is so needed. I look forward to reading The Cycle and also appreciate the host’s very thoughtful questions and commentary.

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Thank you

thanks for sharing this!

They excluded people based on birth control use. But didn’t factor in diet. Are these researchers unaware that the ketogenic diet can treat pmdd. I have heard Dr amen mention this in his book and possibly dr Georgia ede and Dr Palmer.

Thank you!! ❤ I just got diagnosed with pmdd

In my experience SSRIs have no effect on my anxious pmdd and actually make mine worse. And same with birth control pills. I have had success with Gaba. Propranolol when needed at low dose has worked the best for me

I wonder how these mechanisms interact with ADHD. I've watched other videos that say that dopamine dysregulation in ADHD is affected by estrogen.

I have PMDD and bipolar 2. They can coexist. I am sure of it. I have both.

Find a Dr doesn’t exist on your website

It's genetic just saying

*desire to run away/escape* this is so true thank you so much for sharing this research I can relate to all of these!

Thank you so much for all the information you are sharing about PMDD, after suffering for many years it gives me hope and comfort that the IAPMD exists and is helping so many of us. Thank you! Tehla x

I highly recommend anyone with PMDD to try the supplement Jubilance. It has significantly helped me and honestly life changing!

This was so nice thank you!!

The symptoms of BPD are real enough the issue is the scientific validity of the clinical construct. All of the symptoms of BPD can be better explained by CPTSD and bipolar, especially when gender is taken into account.

I broke up from a 10 year girlfriend. Verbal & physical abuse were becoming the norm so i left..

What a difficult but important speech! Thank you! I'm so sorry you've been through it. It's such a relief to know it isn't me. I've been trying to take control of it, my therapy sessions help all the days except those 4-6 prementrual days. On those days it's like it isn't me, I am extremely fatigued, hypersensitive, depressed, I can't speak. I understand tomorrow is the next day, it always passes, but sometimes it's really unbearable, it's a torture. When I try to explain how I feel, I don't know how to do it, because ithose symptoms don't sound serious or as torturing as they feel. Yet there is hope.

I appreciate the work you've done! I just have a question: 8:35 Could you clarify the part about endometriosis, please? I had an endometrioid cyst removed a year ago, but I've had most of the symptoms over the last 6 months or so (before the surgery too) . Does it mean my symptoms might be caused by endometriosis, not PMDD?

October 2nd is my birthday. I am battling PMDD in Perimenopause. If I am ever well enough again, I want to help spread awareness. Thank you, Missouri! ✨🙏💜

The audio is so loud and high pitched it really does the opposite for me while in full PMDD mode, its irritating vs realaxing. Thank you for making this though.

My husband parental kidnapped my daughter and is forcing me to move out all because of my severe PMDD. I'm borderline suicidal. Has this happened to any other ladies? I'm feel so destroyed.

Anecdotally for some women allergy medication, anti-histamine medication worked very well. Is there any research ongoing concerning that?

Lots that's helpful here. But I do want to speak out against the idea of surgery to "fix" this. Wow. That's incredibly disturbing. There is a lot out there in terms of traditional medicine to address physiological balances, not just pills or surgeries.

People hate me I suffer from pmdd

Thank you so much for sharing this! I've recently figured out and gotten diagnosed with PMDD. I experience symptoms right before ovulation, settle out after after ovulation, and then symptoms get severe again in the last 5 days of my cycle. I'm glad that you mentioned this presentation in the Q&A.

Very informative, I tried what I told you about and it was mind blowing to see her writhing with pleasure and ready for anything. It started when I learned to last at least 30 minutes go’ogling the latest by Greyzar Drinbo and now she just can't have enough

I can tell you 100% has to do with the serotonin and the gabba because I have been through benzodiazepine withdrawal and antidepressant withdrawal and that’s when the PMDD was horrific and still is horrific but no Treatment to help it at all now whenever my period comes and I get the bleedit’s 1 million times worse

Thankyou sooo much it has for moment Im perimenopause adhd and pmdd and am very overwhelmed and feeling the worst of the worst end of scale atm you just helped massively tbankyou sooo much ❤❤❤❤

Thank you for helping me not feel alone with this. Every month I start panicking when I feel the PMDD coming on because I’m terrified of my own thoughts and fear the overwhelming dread building. It’s as though I’m not myself and I can’t control what comes over me. I just want to be able to sleep until it’s over. I’m ashamed and hope no one sees me during this time. I don’t want my daughter to remember me as this humiliating person that takes me over one week each month. This suddenly started as I became perimenopausal and I continue to struggle every month to figure out how to make this stop. I don’t feel like anyone understands how crazy and mentally I’ll I feel when I try to explain. I can’t believe how little this is spoke about. So thank you for going n youtube with your story and thank you for saying just wait one more day because you are right, it usually does pass. We just need someone to believe us with a hug and tell us to hold on, it WILL be ok.❤️

Wow. Your story is incredible. Thank you for sharing your story

I cannot tell you how meaningful it was to watch this online today. Thank you all so much.

Fight for my life EVERY MONTHl,l also have complex ptsld, but nobody believes me and I have ZERO SUPPORT!!! SOMEBODY HELP... 42, Had thyroid cancer and removed last year... I'm a mental mess, but thankful a smart well aware person and I can see, it's getting worse.

I had PMDD , Ive now had surgery.....now my poor daughter has this condition. Thank you for this :)

it’s pure hell i’m trying to stay alive now no one listens

Thank you! I have been diagnosed this year, and your site has saved me. I felt so alone but I know I am not. <3

M in UK boyfriend just forced sex me never took me out for 5yearsrs and he never buy me anything I did only I need help am on BENNIFITS I can't work cause of it😢

I got no help my boyfriend fight with me this morning and was horrible and Was shouting I hit his face and he battered my arm bruised me left me on the floor screaming 😢

Thank you so much for sharing this, I used to be a great student who held a 5.0 gpa, top rank, and good grades. With PMDD I ended up having to drop out because it was so unbearable to attend school while dealing with the effects. This information helps me understand a part of myself better.